ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE
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NAVADMIN 189/00
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SUBJ/INTERIM CHANGE TO THE NAVY ADVANCEMENT MANUAL//
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AMPN/REF A IS NAVADMIN 042/00.//
RMKS/1. THE FOLLOWING CHANGES TO THE NAVY ENLISTED ADVANCEMENT
SYSTEM WERE APPROVED BY THE NAVY HUMAN RESOURCES BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
A. FINAL MULTIPLE SCORE (FMS) COMPUTATION FOR E4 THROUGH E6 WAS
REVISED TO MORE EVENLY BALANCE THE THREE FACTORS OF KNOWLEDGE,
PERFORMANCE, AND EXPERIENCE USED TO RANK ORDER CANDIDATES FOR
ADVANCEMENT. FMS WAS ORIGINALLY DEVISED TO GIVE EQUAL WEIGHTING TO
EACH FACTOR, HOWEVER, THE ORIGINAL FMS COMPUTATION PROVIDED MORE
EMPHASIS ON EXAM SCORE AND LESS EMPHASIS ON PERFORMANCE AND
EXPERIENCE. THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
SYSTEM IN 1996 IMPROVED THE EMPHASIS GIVEN TO PERFORMANCE, BUT THE
EXAM SCORE CONTINUED TO DOMINATE THE PROCESS. ADDITIONALLY, AS THE
NAVY BEGAN THE DRAWDOWN, THE LENGTH OF SERVICE (LOS) FACTOR BECAME
INSIGNIFICANT. THE FOLLOWING CHANGES TO FMS WERE APPROVED AND WILL
BE IMPLEMENTED FOR THE AUGUST (RESERVE) AND SEPTEMBER (ACTIVE/TAR)
2000 ADVANCEMENT EXAMS:
(1) WEIGHTING FOR PERFORMANCE MARK AVERGE (PMA) WAS
INCREASED BY 20 PERCENT. THE NEW MAXIMUM POINTS FOR PMA FACTOR IS
84.
(2) LENGTH OF SERVICE FACTOR WAS ELIMINATED.
(3) WEIGHTING FOR PASSED-NOT-ADVANCED (PNA) POINTS WAS
DOUBLED AND THE LIMIT ON TOTAL PNA POINTS WAS REMOVED. THE NEW
MAXIMUM POSSIBLE TOTAL FOR PNA POINTS IS 30.
(4) THE NEW FMS COMPUTATION FOR E-4/5 IS AS FOLLOWS:
FACTOR COMPUTATION MAXIMUM POINTS PERCENTAGE
EXAM AS INDICATED 80 34 PERCENT
STD SCORE ON PROFILE SHEET
PERFORMANCE (PMA*60) - 156 84 36 PERCENT
FACTOR
SERVICE IN (2*SIPG) + 15 30 13 PERCENT
PAYGRADE
(SIPG)
AWARDS PER WORKSHEET 10 4 PERCENT
PNA POINTS 2*PNA (INDICATED 30 13 PERCENT
ON PROFILE SHEET)
(5) THE NEW FMS COMPUTATION FOR E-6 IS AS FOLLOWS:
FACTOR COMPUTATION MAXIMUM POINTS PERCENTAGE
EXAM AS INDICATED 80 30 PERCENT
STD SCORE ON PROFILE SHEET
PERFORMANCE (PMA*60) - 130 110 41.5 PERCENT
FACTOR
SERVICE IN (2*SIPG) + 19 34 13 PERCENT
PAYGRADE
(SIPG)
AWARDS PER WORKSHEET 12 4.5 PERCENT
PNA POINTS 2*PNA (INDICATED 30 11 PERCENT
ON PROFILE SHEET)
B. TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL EMPHASIS ON PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
AND TO REINFORCE THE OBJECTIVES OF THE NAVY'S LEADERSHIP TRAINING
CONTINUUM, ALL ADVANCEMENT EXAMS WILL BE MODIFIED TO INCREASE THE
EMPHASIS ON PROFESSIONAL MILITARY KNOWLEDGE SECTION. A NEW
PROFESSIONAL MILITARY KNOWLEDGE SECTION, WHICH WILL REPLACE THE 15
MILITARY REQUIREMENTS QUESTIONS ON THE CURRENT EXAM, WILL VARY IN
SIZE DEPENDING ON THE PAY GRADE OF THE EXAM. THE EXAM QUESTIONS FOR
THIS SECTION WILL REINFORCE THE OBJECTIVES OF THE LEADERSHIP
TRAINING CONTINUUM, NAVY MILITARY TRAINING, AND GENERAL MILITARY
TRAINING. NETPDTC WILL LEAD THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BIBLIOGRAPHY AND
TEST QUESTIONS FOR THIS PORTION OF THE EXAM. THE GOAL FOR
IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS CHANGE IS THE JANUARY 2002 CHIEF PETTY
OFFICER ADVANCEMENT EXAM. THE LENGTH OF EVERY ADVANCEMENT EXAM WILL
CHANGE FROM 150 QUESTIONS TO 200 QUESTIONS. THE TIME ALLOTTED TO
TAKE THE EXAM WILL REMAIN AT THREE HOURS. THE NEW EXAM QUESTIONS
WILL COVER BOTH RATING SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND GENERAL PROFESSIONAL
MILITARY KNOWLEDGE, WITH THE MIXTURE OF QUESTIONS AS FOLLOWS:
(1) E-4 - 150 RATING SPECIFIC, 50 - PROFESSIONAL MILITARY
(2) E-5 - 135 RATING SPECIFIC, 65 - PROFESSIONAL MILITARY
(3) E-6 - 115 RATING SPECIFIC, 85 - PROFESSIONAL MILITARY
(4) E-7 - 100 RATING SPECIFIC, 100 - PROFESSIONAL MILITARY
2. SEVERAL COMMANDS HAVE REQUESTED ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE CONCERNING
CHANGES TO THE RATE TRAINING MANUAL (TRAMAN) AND NRTC REQUIREMENTS
ANNOUNCED IN REF A. THE PURPOSE OF THIS CHANGE WAS TO STREAMLINE
THE PROCESS FOR EXAM ADMINISTRATION AND TO CHANGE THE EMPHASIS OF
TRAMANS AND NRTCS FROM MERELY CHECKING THE BLOCK FOR COMPLETION OF A
REQUIREMENT TO FULLY INTEGRATING NRTCS IN THE PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT OF EVERY SAILOR. PREVIOUSLY, A SAILOR WHO COMPLETED A
NRTC OVER 10 YEARS AGO WOULD STILL RECEIVE A CHECK IN THE BLOCK FROM
THEIR ESO OR PSD FOR MEETING THE NRTC COMPLETION REQUIREMENT. IN
REALITY, MERELY COMPLETING A COURSE SO FAR IN THE PAST DID LITTLE,
IF ANYTHING, TO HELP THAT SAILOR PREPARE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT EXAM.
TRAMANS AND NRTCS ARE CONTINUALLY BEING REVISED TO KEEP UP WITH
CHANGES IN TECHNOLOGY IN EVERY RATE. INSTEAD OF MERELY COMPLETING A
REQUIREMENT ONCE IN A CAREER, COMPLETION OF THE NRTCS, AS WELL AS
CONTINUING REVIEW OF THE TRAMANS AND REPEATING ALL OR PORTIONS OF
THE COURSE UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF A CPO OR OTHER MENTOR, SHOULD BE
THE STANDARD PRACTICE THROUGHOUT THE NAVY. THIS ELEMENT OF
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CANNOT BE EFFECTIVELY MANAGED BY ISSUING AN
OPNAV INSTRUCTION NOR CAN IT BE VERIFIED BY AN ADMINISTRATIVE
CHECKLIST. IT MUST BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH LEADERSHIP WITHIN THE
COMMAND. AT A MINIMUM, ALL SAILORS SHOULD COMPLETE THE MOST CURRENT
REVISION OF THE NRTC FOR THEIR RATING, INCLUDING MILITARY
REQUIREMENTS, AND STUDY THE BIBLIOGRAPHY TO PREPARE FOR ADVANCEMENT.
NETPDTC RECOMMENDS THAT ALL SAILORS COMPLETE NRTCS WITHIN SIX MONTHS
OF EVERY EXAM DATE, EACH TIME THEY TAKE THE EXAM. EACH COMMAND
SHOULD MONITOR COMPLETION OF NRTCS AND OTHER ADVANCEMENT
PREPARATIONS IN THE SAME MANNER THAT THEY MONITOR COMPLETION OF
WATCHSTATION QUALIFICATION, PQS, WARFARE QUALIFICATION, LEADERSHIP
CONTINUUM TRAINING, AND ANY OTHER SIGNIFICANT PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT MILESTONE. IN SHORT, NRTCS CONTINUE TO BE AN ESSSENTIAL
PART OF THE ADVANCEMENT PROCESS THAT ARE TO BE MONITORED AND ENFORCED
WITHIN THE COMMAND, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON CONTINUAL USE OF THE NRTC IN
THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE SAILOR, INSTEAD OF ONE TIME
COMPLETION.
3. POC IS CDR M. SIMMONS, N132C4, AT (703) 695-3856/DSN 225.
4. RELEASED BY VADM N. R. RYAN, JR., N1.//
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